Benefits of combination of VCO liniment and prevention of post sectio caesarea infection wounds

Abstract

Objective: This literature review aims to determine the benefits of VCO and chicken fat oil on the prevention of post-section cesarean wound infection. Methods: Based on several databases of literature search results, with. The keywords selected in the search were "chicken oil", "VCO", and "prevention of post SC wound infections," including incision wounds, burns, decubitus wounds, and perineal wounds. Screened based on the title 2010-2022 and full text availability. Results: VCO contains lauric acid (48%), myristic (18%), palmitic (9%), caprylic (8%), capric (7%), oleic acid (6%), linoleic (2%), and stearate (3%). and chicken fat oil has the largest fatty acid content, respectively, namely oleic acid (38.35%), palmitic acid (27.24%), linoleic acid (16.36%) and palmitoleic acid (7.01%), which function as anti-cancer activity, antibacterial and immunomodulatory, anti-inflammatory, moisturization, it can heal chronic inflammation of skin wounds and increase skin hydration. Conclusion: the combination of chicken oil and VCO will be more visible so that it can offer wound care with complementary products and as an innovation to prevent post sectio caesarea infection wounds